Mageirocophobia - Fear of Cooking!

[classic33]

The fear of cooking, and is a recognised phobia.

Symptoms may range from nervousness, sense of doom, light-headedness and nausea. Due to this, people may always turn to take outs and can contribute to unhealthy diets and even truncal obesity, hypertension and diabetes.

http://www.phobiasource.com/mageirocophobia-fear-of-cooking/

 

[Shaun]

Having just discovered, at a ripe old age, that I'm somewhat claustraphobic (failed MRI scans) - I can empathise with the symptoms; especially as I've mocked other people's seemingly irrational phobias in the past and couldn't understand why they'd got so worked-up about what appeared to be "nothing" to me and others.

I must say though, I've never actually heard of a phobia of cooking in the past and not come across anyone who has it (or has admitted to suffering from it).

I've met people who have the 'usual' phobias; spiders, dogs, heights, fairground rides, etc. - but no one with a really unusual phobia. How about you guys? Know of anyone with a fear of cooking or something unusual?

 

[Morning Glory]

There is a great viral video about cats fear of cucumbers!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNycdfFEgBc&list=RDcNycdfFEgBc#t=8

 

[Cinisajoy]

Haven't met anyone with a fear of cooking but I did once meet a lady with a genuine phobia of washers and dryers.

 

[Berties]

I understand anxiety and fear ,but cooking fears,really!

 

[Shaun]

Haven't met anyone with a fear of cooking but I did once meet a lady with a genuine phobia of washers and dryers.

Washers and dryers? That's a new one on me!

 

[Morning Glory]

Washers and dryers? That's a new one on me!

Perfectly understandable. The washers rotate alarmingly, make nasty swishing noises and then vibrate. The dryers rotate slowly and repetitively whilst making a thr-ump noise. Its not really a normal thing in either case!

 

[Cinisajoy]

I originally thought the woman was claustrophobic due to where the washer and dryer were located. Nope, her next place the w/d were in an open space and she still had problems. The last time I saw her she was in a house with the w/d in a big garage which had a huge pile of dirty clothes.

 

[classic33]

Haven't met anyone with a fear of cooking but I did once meet a lady with a genuine phobia of washers and dryers.

Washing Machines - Plyntiphobia
Clothes Dryers - Drogerphobia

 

[classic33]

I understand anxiety and fear ,but cooking fears,really!

It's there, listed medically.

 

[Berties]

It's there, listed medically.

I'm sure it is ,but can't understand the reason to the end,
if it was a not to put weight on,or a fear of getting ill ,I could see it,as I said I do feel for some anxiety led fears

 

[Morning Glory]

Phobias aren't really rational. It could be to do with some childhood trauma involving cooking I suppose.

 

[epicuric]

Phobias aren't really rational. It could be to do with some childhood trauma involving cooking I suppose.

There is some weird stuff going on out there, but do we really need to categorise it all in terms of a medical condition?